Day 94 and 95: Fighting Back

 

Here we go ! It's a new year. Time to get back on track with diet and exercise. The goal was 100 pounds by 12-31-25 but I'm failing miserably. I was so excited on January 1 but I'm so discouraged now.

Well, it's Monday and the start of another week. I didn't write yesterday and though I didn't set any records, I didn't sit on the couch all day ! I vacuumed the downstairs, washed the sink full of plasticware, used the spray carpet cleaner to clean a spot where Minnie vomited in the dining room and I got a load of laundry done. I also showered and washed my hair. That's a lot for me lately !

It was after 10 am when I got up today ! I didn't go to bed that late, I think it was before midnight, but I guess I needed the sleep. Once I was up and moving I felt good ! It's 2:25 pm now and I'm dressed and load #2 is in the washer. I also scooped out the litter boxes and went outside to pick up some trash in the yard. I found there is a lot of leaves out behind the garage, so raking them away is on my list of things to do ! My cold is still hanging around but seems better. I'm not having to take cough syrup and I'm not coughing a lot. I'm still blowing my nose but most of the discharge is clear and in small amounts. Slowly but surely I am kicking this. After freezing at the game on Friday night I was afraid it was going to come roaring back and I'm grateful that didn't happen.

I've been pretty much eating whatever I have in the house and whenever I am hungry. I do want to get back to a more structured plan soon. My next Nutrisystem order will be coming in a week or so and I plan to be "back on track" when it arrives.

I've been spending much of my time watching YouTube and playing online slots. 88 Fortunes and Dancing Drums have been good to me and I have plenty of coins right now. CluBillion is so-so. I have enough coins to complete the daily quests but my favorite game is still out of commission and I find their games kind of boring compared to my other slots. They did recently increase the bonus amounts and that is a step in the right direction. I still don't like the fact that free gifts from "friends" are limited to 100 per day. You can limit me all you want but I will NEVER spend a dime on these games. Jackpot World is up and down. I started the day with over 700B coins and went bankrupt pretty fast. When you bet 7.2B per spin they go fast unless you get a lot of big wins. Oh well. They'll start sending me notifications with free coins to entice me back to the game. They don't limit how many free coin gifts you get but they do limit your "friends" to 500. I manage my friends list by deleting anyone who is offline for 5 days or more and also adding people who have the highest VIP level. I do this because you get more coins from higher level players. I'm only VIP 3 and the highest level I've seen is 7. I'm 54% of the way to being VIP 4 but it'll be a while before I get there. I joined a new player group (they call them unions) and I was the MVP this week because I had the most points. Thanks to me the team finished the week in 6th place and moved up to Diamond division. Last week they finished in 12th in the Gold division. It was a fun week of challenges !

So my plan for the rest of today is to finish the laundry and do some other cleaning up around the house.